Arbour Court Chronicles

Inside: this issue Jeans for Genes Day-

20th September

**NEW** Toddler Dance Class/ Meet the Residents- 26th September

**NEW** Postcards of Kindness Display

**NEW** Forget Me Not Memorial Garden

Halloween- 31st October

Birthdays

Trips Out

Hello and Welcome! Hi, my name is Kelly Tatton and I am the Acting

General Manager here at Arbour Court.

I have worked for Barchester for 18 years and have done a variety of jobs including Senior Carer, Health

and Social Care Assessor, Home Trainer, Care Practitioner and more recently Lead Unit Manager/

Deputy. At present, I am completing my Level 5 Leadership and Management Award with Barchester.

Arbour Court Care Home

Buxton Lane, Marple, Stockport, SK67QL

Tel: 0161 427 8599

www.barchester.com

General Manager: Kelly Tatton

News in and around Arbour Court

Postcards of Kindness: Activity Staff Member Chloe also thought Arbour Court Residents needed something extra in regards to communication and came across a page on Facebook called ‘Postcards of Kindness’ which is a page full of people from all around the world and the aim is for them to send postcards to care homes for residents to read and in some cases write back. It is a lovely idea and we have received quite a few postcards already which are on display in the upstairs lounge around a big red

post box.

Parent and Toddlers Movers Class:

Activity Staff Member Chloe Booth had an idea of mixing the younger and the older generations together as it has such amazing benefits for both parties. Therefore she took to Facebook on Marple’s Community Page to ask if there was any baby or toddler group hosts interesting in bringing their class to be held at Arbour Court Care Home. The amount of people that wanted to get involved was just amazing and she managed to get it organized to start on the 26th September, if all goes well it will take place ever last Thursday of the month. We have had lots of donations of toddler toys for all the children to play with after the class has finished whilst they come and meet our residents and eat cakes provided by our chefs.

Jeans for Genes Day: On Friday 20th September, we are trying to raise some money for the charity ‘Jeans for Genes’ by all coming to work in jeans and donating a pound! Please hand all donations over to Mel in Reception.

News in and around Arbour Court

Halloween:

As we are a Dementia Home, Halloween can sometimes be quite scary for our

residents therefore instead of decorating with ghosts and spiders we will be doing some Halloween themed arts and crafts and putting them up for display instead.

Birthdays: At Arbour Court we celebrate each

individual’s birthday differently according to their likes and dislikes. Each resident receives a gift and a

homemade cake from our head chef Edmundo. Staff gather round to sing Happy Birthday and celebrate their

special day.

Our Brand New Forget Me Not Memorial Garden:

Our Forget Me Not Garden is in the process of being put together and painted etc. Our activity staff Chloe thought it would be a nice idea for us to have a little memorial garden for all of the loved ones we have lost here at Arbour Court. Somewhere peaceful where we can pay our respects if we want to. A close family friend of Chloe’s has designed and painted the area. It is just needing to be put together now.

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Here at Arbour Court we encourage some of our residents to enjoy days out to various places including; Buxton, the local park, Etherow Park, Coffee Shops, Stockport Town Centre and Wyevale Garden Centre. Days out are important for our residents as it gives them a sense of purpose for everyday life. Please let Joe or Chloe know if you have any suggestions.

A few words from Barchester…

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2019 Barchester Care Awards:

Summer Fete 2019:

The Barchester Care Awards is an annual event that showcases the very best that Barchester has to offer. The Care Awards celebrates the fantastic individuals who work and volunteer in Barchester care homes across the UK; and also has a category devoted to recognising the beautiful outdoor spaces tended by residents and staff members. Our Divisional Winners have already been named, including our very own Kelly Tatton and Rueben Lesende and the award ceremony will be held in Manchester on 3rd October, when the National Winners will be announced. Good luck to all our Divisional Winners and thank you to everyone who took the time to make a nomination. We are also extremely proud of Senior Carer Ludina Caballero who has been shortlisted for “The Great Bristish Care Awards” for the category “Dementia Carer of the year” Good luck Ludina.

Thank you to everybody that attended Arbour Courts Summer Fete this year, it was a great turn out and the residents

loved being in your company. This year we managed to beat lasts year’s amount of money raised by just over £50 which is great! In total this year, we raised a massive £875 for our residents funds which will help go towards something

like new technology equipment or sensory items.

Kelly and Rueben were even featured in Marple’s Local Newspaper!

Barchester Holds Key to Future Care: Barchester recently received the keys to Mortain Place in Eastbourne, enhancing our portfolio of

care homes.

Lesley Standing, the General Manager of Mortain Place was delighted to accept the keys to the latest 80-bed property on Pevensey Bay Road from the Project Construction Manager Mark

Tomalin, from McGoff Construction.

Mortain Place will provide personalised residential and dementia care for 80 older people in the neighbouring community, and will open its doors to residents in October.

Barchester Nominated for 3 Laing Buisson Awards:

Barchester is proud to have been named as a finalist in 3 Laing Buisson Awards categories: ‘Residential Care (Larger Organisation)’, ‘Property Developer’ and ‘Property Investor’. The

ceremony will take place on Wednesday 13th November 2019 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, where the winners will be announced.

This year, the awarding body received a record-breaking number of nominations for every single

category, with over 400 entries in total.

Last year, we were delighted to take home the ‘Property Developer of the Year’ award, and Barchester CEO, Pete Calveley was recognized for his amazing work in the care sector by being

presented with the ‘Outstanding Contributions to Care’ award.

Barchester will also be opening another care home in 2019: Trinity Manor in Sherborne. This service will offer dementia and residential care for 64 residents.